Black Monday has arrived in the NFL. While 14 teams are preparing for the playoffs, the other 18 are beginning their offseason. For some of those teams, that means starting over. The Monday following the NFL regular season traditionally brings firings of both head coaches and general managers,

Black Monday is a brutal one for the 18 NFL coaches that failed to make the playoffs. That's the day they're most likely to get called into an uncomfortable meeting with franchise ownership, then asked to pack up their offices.

After nearly 24 hours of tension, the so-called Black Monday came to an end. Only two head coaches lost their jobs, Jerod Mayo with the Patriots and D

Teams are making huge changes at the end of the 2024 NFL regular season, starting with the New England Patriots

Allen was the latest victim of the Carolina Reaper. This affectionate nickname has been given to Panthers quarterback Bryce Young. He hasn't had much success early in his professional career, but Young leading improbable wins led to several coaches losing their jobs with Allen being the most recent.

The Jacksonville Jaguars fired Super Bowl-winning coach Doug Pederson in what's likely to be the first of multiple "Black Monday" terminations across pro football.

For struggling NFL teams the end of the regular season triggers an annual exercise in bloodletting known around the league as "Black Monday" and the action got under way early this year as head coaches were sent packing.

Those teams that failed to reach the postseason will have to take a hard look at themselves and figure out if the ones leading the organization -- particularly at head coach -- are right for the job.

Over the past decade, there have been 11 non-interim head coaches who were fired after one season (or less) at the helm.